Clothes drier



Sept. 16, 1941.

C. N. BLAISDELL CLOTHES DRIER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 6, 1940 Attorney Sept. 16, 1941.

C. N. BLAISDELL CLOTHES DRI ER Filed April 6, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .4 Inventor CARL A/oRMA/v 11/2/5054 L By Aw A itorneys I Patented Sept. 16, 1941 2,256,109 CLOTHES DRIER Carl Norman Blaisdell, Somerville, Mass., assignor to William M. Bass, Lynn, Mass.

Application April 6, 1940, Serial No. 328,280

2 Claims.

This invention relates to what are sometimes generally referred to as clothes driers, the invention having particular reference to a rack for use in suspending clothes, and similar articles therefrom particularly for drying the latter.

An object of the present invention is to provide what may be termed an encased or housed rack, the invention contemplating the provision of a housing or'casing in which the suspension arms of the hanger are housed when the rack is not in use. Thus the hanger will be more easily kept clean, and when not in use will present a more desirable appearance.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view with the parts of the hanger arranged for use.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but with the parts of the hanger arranged as when the hanger is not in use.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the assembly shown in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a top plan view illustrating a slightly modified form of the invention.

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 88 of Figure '7.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of a clamping plate, and

Figure 10 is a sectional View through the clamping plate and carrier plate as assembled.

Referring more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that in accordance with the present invention a casing 5 embodying a back-board or attaching board 6 suitably apertured to accommodate nails or other fastening elements through the medium of which the entire structure may be readily mounted on a wall or similar support. The casing 5 is closed at the bottom thereof and for the top of the casing there is provided a hinged cover or lid 1, a spring hinge 8 serving to yieldably urge the cover 1 to closed position.

Mounted in the casing 5 are a pair of spaced vertical guide rods 9 which support a vertically shiftable carrier I0. The carrier 10 is in the form of a plate provided at opposite ends thereof with sleeves II that have a sliding fit on the rods 9 as shown.

The carrier ID has extending from one end thereof a finger-piece or handle 12 that works in a suitable slot 13 provided in the wall of the casing 5 and through the medium of which the carrier 10 may be raised or lowered as found desirable. V

The carrier Ill has detachably secured thereto a suspension rack, and'in the form of the-invention shown in Figures 1 to 6, inclusive, the rack indicated generally by the reference numeral I4 comprises a substantially arcuate-shaped frame 15, the ends of which merge into legs I6 that are clamped between the carrier plate l0 and a clamping plate I1, the latter being detachably secured to the carrier plate I 0 by bolt and nut means l8. Also at the opposite ends thereof the clamping plate I! is formed as at I!) to complement the sleeves ll of the carrier plate.

Pivotally associated with the frame l5 are a plurality of suspension arms 20, the arms being apertured at one end and having theframe I5 threaded therethrough.

When the rack is in use the carrier I0 is pushed upwardly from the dotted line position shown in Figure 5 to the full line position shown in said figure, whereupon the arms l5 are extended upwardly to rest on the upper edge of the wall of the casing 5 with the lid 1 biased by the spring 8 downwardly to engage the pivoted ends of the arms 20 and thus assist the wall of the casing 5 in holding the arms 20 in the horizontal position shown so as to permit garments and the like to be draped thereover.

When not in use the carrier l 0 is moved to the retracted or dotted line position shown in Figure 5 causing the arms 20 to move inwardly of the casing 5 to assume the position suggested by broken lines in Figure 5, and thus permitting the cover or lid I to assume a fully closed position.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 7 and 8, the arm-equipped rack therein indicated generally by the reference numeral I la embodies a plate-like head member |5a that is provided with an arcuate series of notches adjacent the arcuate edge thereof to accommodate the apertured ends of the arms 20a as shown. Head 15a.

is formed integral with a body plate 16a that is secured between the body plate of the carrier I0 and the clamping plate lla.

It is obvious that this form of the invention operates substantially in the same manner as does the form above described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 6 inclusive.

In the form of the invention suggested in Figures 9 and 10, there may be used, in lieu of the clamping plate IT, a clamping plate 2| that is provided at its upper and lower edges with flanges 22 that engage over the upper and lower edges of the plate of the carriage I0, and these flange 22 are provided with apertures 23 to accommodate way, and be free, as to a pearance and the like,

of objections now generally raised against racks of this same general type.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new'is:

1. In a drier rack of the character'described,

an attaching plate having a casing mounted thereon and open at its top, a pair of guide rods rising from the bottom of said casing,a carrier 'slidab'ly. "associated "with said rods, a member mounted on said carrier and movable therewith,

a plu'rali-ty of article-suspension arms pivoted 'to said member to swing relative thereto to project outwardly of the casing and across the top of the 'sa rne when in use, and be moved downwardly the casing. f 7

into the casing when the carrier is moved to retracted position and a spring biased hinge cover for the top of the casing and cooperab-lewith the upper edge of the casing for retaining the carrier in elevated position and the'arms extending outwardly across the said upper edge of the casing;

2. In a drier rack of the character described, an attaching plate having a casing mounted thereon and open at its top,a pair-1of guide rods rising from the bottomofxsaid casing, a'carrier lidably associated with said rods, a rack member *mounted on said carrier and movable therewith,

and a plurality of article-suspension arms pivoted to said rack member to swing relative thereto to project outwardly of the casing and across the top of the same when in use, and to extend into the casing when the carrier is in retracted position, said casing having a vertical slot therein and said carrier having a finger piece extending through said slot to facilitate manual manipulation of the carrier, and' a spring-biased hinged cover for the' opentop of said casing and cooperable with the wall ofthe casing for retaining the carrier in elevated position and the suspension arms extended outwardly with respect to :CA'RL "NORMAN BLAISDELL. 

